Longan and Sour-Jujube-Seed Tea

Why people make this tea

Nourilo often hears from older folks who simply cannot get a good night’s rest. In the traditional view, when the heart’s nourishment runs thin or a little internal heat keeps stirring the mind, sleep turns light and broken, the heart flutters, and memory slips. This simple tea brings together longan, sour jujube seed and foxnut — ingredients long used to quiet the spirit and settle a busy mind before bed.

Method

1. Rinse all the ingredients.
2. Add 1.5 L of water and simmer down to 600 ml.
3. Drink in place of tea through the day.

Nourilo’s Tips

This tea is also traditionally helpful for men troubled by night-time leakage (seminal emission) and for people who get up often to urinate at night.